Clothesline reel



June 16, 1936. e. H. HURLEY CLOTHESLINE REEL Filed June 19, i935 INVENTOR. Gzoyqzc I/wusr 1 ATTORNEY.

Patented June 16, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a clothes line reel adapted for use in winding a clothes line or similar cord thereon. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device of this kind which will be simple in struc- D ture, economical of manufacture, durable, light,

compact and easily operated.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a reel of this class so arranged and constructed that when the cord is wound thereon and one end of the cord tied to a stationary body, the person using the reel may walk away from the stationary body and the reel will automatically unwind as the progression away from the stationary body continues.

Other objects will apear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the device formed from a single piece of metal formed to provide the side members and the end members. The device comprises an open frame in which the end members I and 8 are formed with a curved portion terminating in the straight portions 9 and 10. These portions may be termed the end walls of the frame and the side walls comprise the parts II and I2, each of which is bulged outwardly intermediate its ends to provide the centrally, outwardly bulged portion l3. Swivelly mounted by means of the eyelet I4 centrally on the outwardly bulged portion I3 is a hanging ring I5. The construction is such that when the line or cord I6 is wound upon the device as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the person may tie one end of the cord IE to a post and then, carrying the device in the hand by means of one of the rings I5, proceed to another post to which it is designed to attach the line. In so proceeding, the frame will swivel and rotate on its pivotal mounting so that the line will unwind. In Winding the cord or line on the device it is obvious that hand winding is resorted to. In this manner I have provided a simple and compact structure which serves as a reel for a clothes line or other similar flexible member.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the device formed from a single piece of metal and the ends thereof have been joined together by welding or other suitable means. In the form shown in Fig. 2 the side walls II and I2 and the outwardly bulged portion 3 are formed separate from the end walls 8' and the parts 9' and ID of these end walls are welded or otherwise suitably secured to the ends of the side walls. This permits of a somewhat more economical manufacture than where the device is formed from a single piece of material as shown in Fig. 1 as the opposite side walls being duplicates of each other and the opposite end walls being duplicates of each other the device may be formed from a single set of dies.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as may come within.

the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A clothes line reel of the class described, comprising: a pair of side walls extending in parallel relation to each other, each of said side walls having its central portion outwardly offset to provide an outwardly bulged portion; a pair of end walls, each connected at its opposite ends to U the ends of the side walls to provide a closed frame, said end Walls being bent inwardly from the ends of said side walls; and a swivel member on each of said outwardly bulged portions to provide a pivot about which the frame may rotate.

2. A clothes line reel of the class described, comprising: a pair of side walls extending in parallel relation to each other, each of said side walls having its central portion outwardly ofiset to provide an outwardly bulged portion; a pair of end walls, each connected at its opposite ends to the ends of the side walls to provide a closed frame, said end walls being bent inwardly from the ends of said side walls; and a holding member swivelly mounted on each of said outwardly bulged portions, centrally thereof, to provide a device whereby said frame may be supported and about which said frame may rotate.

GEORGE H. HURLEY. 

